Nikolaos Milas:
> I'm asking trying to learn:
> 
> Is there a benefit of using LMTP for local delivery when using Dovecot? 
> Why not use Dovecot LDA (without using LMTP)?

Better scalability, performance, and error handling than is possible
with the pipe-to-command interface.

> In Postfix documentation, I've read about lmtp that "The advantage of 
> this setup is that one Postfix machine can feed multiple mailbox servers 
> over LMTP. The opposite is true as well: one mailbox server can be fed 
> over LMTP by multiple Postfix machines."
> 
> And I wonder:
> 
>    1. Can't this be done also with Dovecot LDA?

Yes, if you limit yourself to one machine.

        Wietse

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